The Learner’s Nest Academy
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77090
17214 Red Oak Dr, Houston, Texas 77090. (346) 235-3286.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Texas’s own record is on its child care search.
The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 16 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 2026: no violation found.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 3, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
-
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“There were 11 infants, with a specified age group of 0-11 months old, with 2 caregivers in the infant room.”
Jan 18, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
-
Report Number of Employees
“You failed to report the number od employees who left in 2023.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 28, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
-
Smoke Detectors Testing
“There was no documentation showing the smoke detector had been tested.”
-
Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
“There was no documentation showing that the carbon monoxide detector had been tested.”
Oct 18, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
-
Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger
“The information on infant safe sleep was not included in the operational policies.”
All 26 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 1, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 31, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 18, 2023.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 110 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 9 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Learner’s Nest Academy This child care provider | 2 |
| Kidz K’nect Child Development Center | 9 |
| Achievers Academy | 8 |
| Mi3 Center Academy | 1 |
| Cranbrook Learning Connection | 0 |
| Elite City Kids Childcare and Learning Academy #2 | 30 |
| Cynthia Dubose | 3 |
| Avance Bammel Head Start | 2 |
| Avance-Eickenroht Head Start | 1 |
| Fundamental Learning Center | 15 |
| Sweet Peas Daycare Academy | 2 |
| Apple Seed Private School | 2 |
| Tiny Legends Learning Center | 12 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
-
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
-
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
-
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
-
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Texas HHSC or Texas Workforce Commission. Texas’s own record is on its child care search. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.